Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-15
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

The Manhattan club, New York, has 792
members.
The French presidents attend the Grand
Prix.
Statistics show that half the deaths in New
York are in the tenement houses
The English style of riding is the only one
taught in New York, which has half a dozen
schools.
The present population of China is fixed az
45O,OOO,OO0, more than one-third of the pop
ulation OF the globe
The total production of coffee in the world
is about 6jO,OU0 tons, of which Brazil alone
produces about $4,000 tons
Farraguts old flagship, the Hartford, will
no doubt he laid up i'll Rotten Row at the
Mare Island navy yard. A board of survey
has estimated the cost to put her in seaworthy
condition at $4,000.
There were 60, G36 births in Paris last year,
Of which more than 1000 were illegitinlate
There were 5i.O92 deaths during the same
period, of which more than 10000 were due
to pulmonary diseases
Charles Ruggles, of Bridgeport, Conn,
gave an excursion to New York from that
place the other day to octogenarians and
older persons. Six gentlemen, ranging from
81 to 81 years of age, attended. Not one of
them had been in New York inside of thirty
four Years.
1t is reported that Herr krupp has turned
out from his works at Essen a cannon of
forty centimeters, equal to fifteen and three
quarter inch bore, the largest lie has ever
made. The projectile is capable of passing
through an armor plate more than meter
thick, placed near the muzzle, or a plate
ninety-seven centimeters, equal to thirty
eight inches at distance of a kilo, or ,O93
yards Shots can be fired at intervals of
eight to thirteen seconds, and from LOCO to
|, 500 shrapnels may be thrown distance of
1,5OO meters, equal to $40 yards, in the short
space of one minute. The new cannon is in
tended to protect armor clads, as 1t is be-
lieved that no torpedo boat can approach
under such a shower of missiles.
According to intelligence received from the
Transcaucasus, "a new market has been dis
covered for Russian petroleum. A company
consisting of several owners of large camel
caravans has been formed at Baku for the
purpose Of introducing petroleum into Persia
by overland route via Mugan Several car
avans have been sent, but on each occasion
the oil failed to reach its destination, being
rapidly bought up at MuSan, anu III cOllSe-
quence it is now intended to increase the size
OF the caravans to 500 camels each Gener
ally speaking, Russian manufacturers have
latterly found "a ready market i'll Persia, es-
pecially since the Russian manufacturers
have complied with the local demand by pro
ducing special wide cotton prints for Persia.
Mrs. Nelson Mccormick, Of North Branch,
Mich has made dress the like of which is
probably not to be found. The material is
common spool thread, white, and the entire
dress is hand crocheted work, beautifully
lowered and strong, and 10000 yards of
thread were used in its construction. The
sleeves are crocheted i'll the proper shape
and are fastened i'll by lock crocheted
stitch. 1t is very beautiful, and Mrs. McCor-
NICK was six months completing it.
Messrs. j. j. Grantham and Session Fair
cloth, of Bainbridge, Ga, went fishing for
rock bass. They put out their hooks ut night
i'll Spring creek. Next morning they went
to fish them. Only one hook had prey, and
was stubbornly held to bottom. After a
good pull 1t gradually yielded and approached
the top When it came to view the hook had
Sky pound lifeless fish, and a lively fifty
pound loggerhead turtle holding fast to the
immense bass upon which lie had been feast
ing. H. was drawn to the boats side before
he made up his mind to let go.